DAHA Board of Directors

Special Meeting

September 26, 2012

5:30 pm

Mountain View Ice Arena

Members Present: Al Michaud, Hank McRoberts, Chuck Dantes, Ken Wood, Lance Malburg, Lesley Dishaw, Rae Anne Seat, Deb Davis, Tanya Phillips, Dennis Perpich, Marty Fox, Tina Martinson

Members Absent:

Others Present: Carrie Gunville, Kralovec family, Scott Bengston, Kirk Fortner, Burgoon family, Tamara Juul, Jon Hulkonen, Greg Lafreniere

Quorum Established: 5:30pm

Review of Registration Numbers:

  • Mini-Mites – 11 registered so far but have another registration date for them
  • Mites – 22 (3 potential move-ups)…will form 2 teams
  • Squirts – 27 (includes 1 requested move up)…will form 2 teams
  • Peewees – 17 (was 18, 1 registered player dropped out)…1 team
  • Bantams – 15…1 team
  • Midgets – 5…will consider co-op with IronRiver but numbers may change after high school tryouts.
  • HS Tryouts – 4
  • Girls – 6

Open Comment:

  • Tamara Juul, Scott Bengtston, Kralovec’s spoke on recommendation of Kirk Fortner as head coach of one of the squirt teams.

Motion by Rae Anne Seat to move to closed session at 6:20pm for coach selection. Second: Lesley Dishaw. Meeting continued in upstairs meeting room.

Selection of coaches:

  • Mini-mites: Hank McRoberts motioned to approve Guy Michaud and all interested assistants for mini-mite coaches. Second by Al Michaud. Unanimous approval.
  • Mites: Hank McRoberts motioned to approve Greg Lafreniere and Jon Hulkonen as head coaches for mites with Mark Crockford and Brody Anderson as assistants. Unanimous approval.
  • Squirts: Rae Anne Seat motioned to approve Andrew Watkins and Kirk Fortner as head coaches with Lance Malburg, Dennis Perpich, Steve Juul, Brody Anderson, Al Michaud, Lee Hauswirth as assistants and assistants will be assigned to team that their child is on. Second by Hank McRoberts. Unanimous approval.
  • Peewees: Lance Malburg motioned to name Dennis Perpich as head coach with Randy Ollila as head/assistant coach. Second by Deb Davis. Unanimous approval.
  • Bantams: Chuck Dantes motioned to name Greg Wadge head coach and Tom Healy and Joe Ropiak as assistants. Second by Hank McRoberts. Unanimous approval.
  • Midgets: no interested parties in coaching. Ken Wood will contact Perry Tompkins to see if interest. Coach from another level will need to monitor practice until head coach named.
  • Girls: Deb Davis motioned to name Gary Lessard as head coach. Second by Rae Anne Seat. Unanimous approval. Deb Davis motioned to name Heidi Reddinger as assistant coach. Second by Marty Fox. Unanimous approval.
  • Special Coaches: Jake Coe interested in being goalie coach. Chuck will discuss further with him.

Closed session ended at 7pm.

Meeting reconvened downstairs at 7:02pm.

Move Up Requests:

  • Henry McRoberts has requested to move up to squirts from mites. Pt will need to practice 4 times with age appropriate division and then can proceed with squirt evaluations. Request will be revisited after squirt evaluations.
  • John Gunville not granted permission to move up as too young. Other requested move ups to mites will need to go through evaluation process and as long as they perform adequately can be considered for move up. May begin practicing with the mites on October 15th.

ACE Coordinator Meeting: Ken Wood will go in place of Dennis on 10/6/12.

Can parents help kids on ice without coaching card? (Tanya had inquiry about this)

  • No, parents interested in helping on ice need to be USA hockey registered, complete background check, and take on-line module.

One Goal Grant – Harvest on Hughitt

  • Tina discussed, she will finalize plans for this and will run booth at festival as per the One Goal Grant application.

Hank McRoberts motioned to adjourn meeting. Second by Al Michaud. Meeting adjourned at 7:35pm.